Posts by Guillermo Irizarry

Guillermo Irizarry is director of the University of Connecticut's Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies and Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at UCOnn. He received a PhD in Hispanic Literature from the University of Texas at Austin and has taught Latin American literature, Caribbean literature, and U.S. Latina/o Literature at UT Austin, Bucknell University, Yale University, Brown University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Normalized Xenophobia

Posted November 19th, 2007
by Guillermo Irizarry

Lou Dobbs is the most conspicuous manifestation of how xenophobia can be socialized and normalized in a Post-9/11 U.S.  His vicious attack on immigrants encourages subtle and blatant violence against Latinos, and encourages a myopic vision of whiteness in this country. A problematic understanding of “American Culture and Identity” currently clouds our collective judgment.  Moreover, CNN’s willingness to extract significant financial gains is perverse.  This network has discovered that nativism, xenophobia, and racism make a handsome sell.

 

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